THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1946,
Delivered
Accused: "I
The Mercy Blow
THREE
SEAMEN CHARGED
Three members crew of the 'm.v. appested before Latimer at
of the "Kaipaki" Mr. W. H. Kowloon Court yesterday on separate charges of larceny.
inent.
van.
RESIDENCES
The following changers of of- fcial residoaceh Have taken place
Admiral.. - Lord Fraser Ci-C. B.PF. is at 87 Conduit
Commodore Evana Lombe CO.S. to C.-in-C, B.P.F. and Captain Nicholson-C,O.F. ard at Grenville House, 1 Magazine Gap Road.
A STATEMENT BY ACCUSED DECLARING THAT HIS Read which will be known as WIFE HAD ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT SUICIDE BY Admiralty, House for the pro- STABBING HERSELF, AND THAT SEEING HER SUFFER
Commodore Everett-Commo- FERING, HE DECIDED TO DELIVER A "MERCY dure Hong Kong is at 6 Bowen. BLOW," WAS READ AT THE COMMITTAL PRO-Road,, prie be CEEDINGS YESTERDAY BEFORE MR, GEORGE SHE AT CENTRAL MAGISTRACY IN THE "PENTHOUSE MURDER CASE.” ACCUSED, CHAN PO-KWONG, ALIAS CHAN KIM
HUNG, WHO IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS 33-YEAR-OLD WIFE, LI OI-YEE, AT THE LUK HỎI TUNG BOARDING HOUSE; CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, ON APRIL 24, WAS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL AT THE SUPREME COURT AT THE EAR- LIEST POSSIBLE DATE.
Mr. R. S. Smith, assisted by Detective Sub-Inspector. D. F. appeared for the
Crown.
.
"Mercy Blow
.
and
"On seving my wife suffering so bitterly, I assisted in ending her life with the knife, and with great pain I delivered
the mercy blow to end her life, Had I not assisted in ending
YWCA HOSTEL BURGLARY
Misscs A: Giban and Hardman Jones were the complainants in a caso, in which Leung Yiu To was charged yesterday with burglarly
of:
Cameras At A Dime A Dozen In Japan
Ruling that the ovidence against défendant was largely: circumstantial and was not sufficiently corroborated by witnesses, M» W. H. Latimer at Kowloon Court yesterday dismissed the case against Johnnle Miller, 39, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2nd Army cook of the a... "Taos" VictoryB
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Miller appeared on a charge of larceny of a Leica camera from the A White Company-12,-Peking Road, on the morn- ing of May 15,
He pleaded not guilty and in a lengthy statement from the wi
neas-box, anid that he had broug HOSPITAL SHIP
into the shop his own camora and another belonging to another member of the crew.
ON MERCY TRIP
When he had been called to the Captain's cabin and told that a camera was missing from a shop
Through the good offici he had visited, he had asked that of the Royal Navy and the he. be accompanied to hla locker, which was searched without the Hong Kong Government, the which missing camera being located hospital ship "Empire Cyda" there, he to the Court,
(a). A diamond and sapphire ring. a fox mask and a diamond Kwan So-wal, owner of the will leave the Colony this brooch all valued at $5,000 belong-camera shop at 12, Peking Road,j morning for Hainan Island to stated in evidence that three bring back the first batch of Americans came to his shop about 7,000 Chinese labourers who ing to Miss Gibson, and
(b) A handbag valued at $60 10.30 am on Wednesday. They
sent forcebly to the containing $40, a silver cigarette had brought some film. He had were
Lighter left them to attend to another mines of Hainan during the caso valued at $80, a
papers customer and when he returned to Japanese occupation of Hong valued at $80, personal and a Dunlop Ladies Raincoat serve them, defendant was
longer in the shop. After the two Kong. valued at $120.
others left he discovered that camera was missing from the counter.
piece at
the knife Into her chest. I im- mediately went forward Hubert Henry Hendy, a memWatson,
pulled out the knife which had critical ber of the ship's crow, pleaded
already penentrated guilty to the thaft of 36 boxes
The sister of the deceased, Lipart, and being so distressed I of face-powder and was sentenc Sau-yeo, a married woman, gave could not say a word. ed to three months' imprison-evidence yesterday. She came It was stated in Court that to Heng Kong from Macao on defendant was seen carrying a April 29, as a result of naws she had received. Before she parcel by a special constable at left the Colony she was reaiding Kowloon Wharves and placing it in the driver's seat of a Naafiat No. 249. Hollywood Road, 'with her sister Li Ol-yee (de- at- The constable had
the accused walking out with van was driven off at such a speed that he was lucky to es-even or eight years ago. As far nu she knew her sister was to cape being injured.
The diamond brooch and rain- The incident was reported together with accused for quite
a long time.
of murder, I would have grabbed coat were recovered from pawn- an officer of the ship, who in
She last saw the deceased be-
the clothing, money and jewel-shops and defendant was arrest turn informed the Water Police,
tween April 22 and 23, at Iery and escaped.
I hope the ed in the act of attempting to After inquiries the van traced and accused detained No. 249, Hollywood Rond. Reinspector will deelde this after pawn the diamond and sapphire
cantly she had not visited the consideration." after questioning.
deceased at the Luk Hoi Tung
Hotel.
Room In Darkness
At the conclusion of yester. On the night of April 24 he
the deceased day's proceedings accused asked went to look for with the intention of telling her the Court to give him permis she was going to Macao, Arrision to purchase food with his ing at the top of the stairs lead- own money, as he was not get ing to the roof, she saw acting enough food in prison.
Mr. Kwan suspended sentence in darkness, He was told by the Magistrate until May 21 at 10 am, and made so she did not go up. She left that he would be given all facilian order for restitution of the ties to do so at Stanley Prison. for Macao the following morn-
property recovered to the owners ing.
tempted to investigate, but the ceased). Her sister had been her life, she wouldavo not' re-{
covered. In fact, I did not The burglarly took murder my beloved-wife; it was the YWCA Hostel at Mac- my wife, who was responsible Donnell Road. for her end. Had it been a case
Wis
Captain Cameron. master of the "Kaipaki" said that Hendy, had been guilty of two previous absent ofiences. having been without leave for several days on the one occasion and having deserted ship on another.
Deckboy Sentenced Robert Lucas, 18, deckboy, was sentenced to two months" imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to the theft of 48 icels of cotton.
cused's room was
She returned to the Colony on April 29, when she was in- formed of her sister's death. She went to the Central Police Station where she identified jewellery belonging to the de-
It was stated that, following a number of cases of cargo bo- ing missed, an officer was de watch against tailed to keep further larcenics. He saw deceased,
Another witness, Chan Ngau. fendant carrying a case while going off the ship. On defen- marine hawker, in evidence onid dant being starched, the case that he sold a trowel to accused. was found to contain reels of Accused was the, man to whom cotton. On being questioned, he sold the trowel, and he point- defendant admitted the theft and said that he had intended ced at the accused in the dock..
Bought Cement selling the cotton as he was
After writing the statement in Chinese, accused signed his
name.
ring.
On defendant's pleading guilty, Detective Inspector Weeks, pro- secuting, applied to Mr. C. Y. Kwan to suspend sentence in order that the Police might maka cases enquiries regarding other in which defendant might be in- volved.
Readers' Letters
ver's
column.
Exploitation
-Records
received n Sir, I note J. D. letter from Bournemouth, Hants. posted on Dec. 27 last year, and considers this a record for slow. nets in mall delivery.
On the same dayas J, D. received his letter, Mar 15,
from Ferring-by- received, one Sea, Sussex, dated Dec. 24. What
NORMANDY..
price the record now?
Sir-Regarding Chinese Obser
correspondance appearing under the title "Exploitation" I have something to say. Your cot respondent has a stray pen, he seldom sticks to the point and it out, but talks of every argnes. thing, and all things. I think A ccolle, Mok Hong, employ-some rules of penmanship a hard-up. Cameron said thated by the On Cheong Shop, at essential when writing for the
Captain
about. My former letter was Lucas had been only two months No. 876, Queen's Road Central.
(No, this is-alill not the record, on the ship and had not been said that on the morning of guilty of any previous offence, April 25 accused came to the war profits and about the situa It was probable that he was un- shop and bought 20 cattles oftion of the Chinese peasants, which, the "China Mail" believes, cement. The cement was wrap. But as an answer to my letter, it can claim for a letter received
Chinese Observer switched over in this office vericrday (May 17; } der bad influence.
Arthur Charles Griffin, anped in two packets with paper to another problem, saying that posted in Hong Kong on Sept. other member of the ship's crew. He was ordered to deliver the the Chinese guerrillas wero col-30 last year. The letter-contain appeared on a charge of larceny cement to the entrance of the aborating with the Japanese dared an order for the printing ef
Christmas cards.-Ed.) of typewriter while the ship Luk Hoi Tung Hotel, was on the high seas on Jan. 12. walked in front of him while He was further charged with he was delivering the cement. being in unlawful possession of He was paid 50 cents.
Your George Fish, Inspector
Accused
of
the war.
must also make it known that landlords and not capitalista are exploiting the Chinese peasants. between land-
certain cosmetic and articles on i Works, Building Ordinance. Of- to correspondent must be able
May 16.
He was remanded on bail office, St. George's Building, said $200 to appear before the Mn- that the blueprints produced in were made under his Kistrate next Tuesday.
Mr. Court M. A da Silva is representing supervision. The prints were the plan of the roof of the Luk defondunt.
Hot Tung Hotel. They were made on May 2.
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Rents
Had A Leica
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The majority of the labourers originated from Hong Kong, bas a great number of them came from Kwangtung Province. Many · gled and. those who have survived the horrors of the last few years are in a very poor state of health.
R. L. Batchiller, chief pantry
An advance party of doctors man of the "Taos, Victory, told morning he had one ashore with days ago in H.M.S. "Whimbre the Court that on Wednesday and medical staff left here tw Miller and J. Benitez, the 1st for Yulin, where they will pre- Army cook, to find a shop where pare the refugees for their journey they
films back to Hong Kong. The labour- ers have to be deloused, disinfect- Colocould get some
While they were in the shop, ed and reclothed. before they can Miller had walked outside to get he taken on board the hospital his shoes shine. When they ship. The medical party consists joined him, Miller showed him a of Major Van de Linde, of the Leica camera. At lunch-time on Hong Kong Government Medicx! board ship. Miller bad used the Servies. two naval doctors, eight Mr. camera' to take a picture.
Miller, in his statement from Sick Berth Allendents and
Chan Chun-chak of the CNRRA. the witness-box, told the Court The "Empire Clyde" will take that when he went into the shop, rice, food and milk which has oth Batchiller and Benitez had been supplied by CNRRA to feel cameras and he had two, one of the refugers on their journey which he was holding and the back. Miss Phyllis Harrop, who other of which was in his pocket will be well remembered for her On the Magistrate's remarking welfare work with the S.C.A. in on the number of cameras in the the Colony up to the time of the. case, Miller replied: "When we
in accompanying the were in Yokohama the Japanese
Clyde," in her new were selling camer
city as Chief of Displaced Persons at a dime a dozen."
and Refugee Welfare Officer for CNRRA in Hong Kong, Mr. S. Mose, Displaced Persons Officer of UNRRA In Kwangtung, will also nake the trip down to Hainan.
The hospital ship is expected to. be back in the Colony in four or
In discharging, defendant, Mr. Latimer said that ho congratulat ed Inspector Shepherd, the polles officer prosecuting, on the clear handled a difficult case. and fair way in which he and
However, circumstancial evid-five stays. ence should be solid and uncon- trovertible before conviction 'could be sustained. The only direct evidence given was that Leica camera produced. Batchiller, who said that he saw.
NO UNIFORMS
of
JACK SHOTTER MISSING
Major . D. E. Shotter, at- tached to the British Liaison Office in Melbourne, la missing. Shotter left his home at St. The Education Department la Kilda to go to the barracks.
It is feared he might be suf not insisting on. School-children wearing uniform for the pro-fering from loss of memory.
Major Shotter was manager; posed physical training display. next month. However, the of the China General Omnibu Sir, The Government "is right children are expected to be Co., Shanghai, before the war. in-trying to keep down profits,
of the R.A.F. Association; lord" and "capitalist
a refutation against his out and although landlords raight of suitably dressed for carrying He was also a leading member of-the-point argument, that the plain about high cost of living it out any such display
This official statement was Shanghai, having flown with Communist guerrillas were collas right that rents should be kept
made yesterday because it was the FC. in World War. 1. Ha borating with the Japanese, I am down to the minimum.
and felt some parents were under was with the R-34 on her his going to cite some facts which Foodstuffs are expensive
that uniforms tory-making flight. are known to most of our readers. besides the high cost of food si the Impression
certainly will not resort to such its point of origin the costs of were being insisted upon and methods as saying that it happen- transportation are prohibitive. Lor they were anxious about the ed in my district or my village. us consider the charges being financial outlay required for as Chinese Observer usually e-made for freight and passage of them.
As a
the
CABLE LAYING
The Norwegian cable laying Vessel Stowordeshe.com.ni laying telephone cable yesterday between Kowloon Railway Wall and the West Wall, Hong Kong
dperation
Tsang Kon-ying, Poilco inter- proter attached to the C.I.D., MONEY MART.......
Central Police Station, said that
In the Hong Kong war criming the ships plying between Hong-
kong and nearby `places: ***.*** There was a rise. In gold price about 8,15 p.in. on April 28 In ploys.
The cost of operation has gone yesterday. Opening at $486 per the presence of Inspector Wat trial on Mar 7, it came to light
LORD FRASER: carofui tacl, as against $482 the pre-sca and A.S.P. Mackenzie, he that two Chinese guerrilla boys up greatly, but inga vious day, it climbed to $491 at explained the charge of murder one only 18 years old; were to analysis of the charges made for the close.
to the accused, Chan Po-kwong tured to death by the Japanese transportation it will be seen tha: Admiral Lord Fraser, G-la- Dockyard will take several Chinese national currency was allas Chan Kim-hung, and also at Mongkok Police Station in the principal item is not the cost British Pacific Fleet, who has Hays and all boats and vessels au been making; a farewell tour ofquested to keep clear of the opened at cautioned accused by the printed June 1943. The brave boys were of operation so much as Alcady. Futures $2.32 and spot at $2.48, and form. Accused then elected to loyal to the last breath rather charge on capital. It would in-
turned to the Colony vesturday
the vicinity. closed at $2,29 and $2.45 res- make a statement and wrote it than to betray their comrades,
In the sanie war criminal trin: berest the powers that be for inst North China ports and Japan, zaren and proceed Alowly when In
ance, to know that passage charges down in Chinese, which ho
The C-in-Chan takon up resid poctively.
was also revealed that after are influenced principally by the on board H.M.S. Swiftsure U.S. dollars were unchanged translated into English.
the guerillas raid on Lantau. Vil- interest on capital. In one Accused's Statement at $5:30, as also
the Japanese killed many I know the Interest being earsdence ashore and the flag of Vice- 'Admiral H. Edelsten, Deputy The statement was as follows: villegers, under the auspicion, that amounts to over 300% per annum, &-in-C has been transferred to pounds at 312.80.
"The happenings that day were they were having connections as against 10% in pro-war daye H.-S. Swiftsurgi due to the feelings of my wife, with the guerillas. About tan Let the authorities look into this pilots were rescued Uy and there will be room for plenty
∙of of daring the
Australian Sterling ap-
preciated slightly to $17.40,
Shanghai Exchange
1
resulting in her committing in the vicinity of adjustment of freight and pan
Hong
with
collabo
and
LEG. COUNCIL
At yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council, the following: Bilis were read a second and third time and passed into law:
STOLEN RAISINS_______The Supreme Court (Emor
gency) Ordinsboo The Powers (Emergency
1948,
'suicide. At that time, I, Chin the Shanghal, May 17.
Po-kwong, was working with
Yim Fan and Yim. Hung, The 10 a.m. quotations on the
pen and ink on a side desk, on also were many Engines de charges by the companies
Ordini magistratoí.. Shanghal market today were!~~-
which there was a carving and civilians of other nationali
Can Were the querrillas
Frightly
authorities charged with revolving 13 boxes Buying Selling
knife. Prior to this incident, my rating,
of raisina, stolen from China, The Urban Council Transitional * the Japanese - 63
as limited the passage rates when Provident Godown No 28, were Provisions Ordinance 1040, and ONS ONE Gold por cupce 177,000 178,000 wife spoke to me Chau Po Chinese Observer.
it in a ma- the motor funk now the cach, sanitenced to six months at Chinos Collaborators (But-
means
Kwan rendet)Ordinancs 1940, 3g Imprisonment by Mr. C. Kap of transport, but now 2,310 Kwong, about worldly worries, But on the U.S. Dollars 200
420 and taxplained and soothed her tionslydiart20
nerals
als the ships are in operation, once Hong Kong Dollars 410
Yesterday, viber purely unfelt that theIn passing sentence, Mr.
SORCAIR: DISASTERS. Closing quotations were; down in various ways, advising and 2000 men of be Nationa- more s
la Gold per ounce 181,000 182,000 her not to be depressed, as the regular troops went over is
surely unfair that he U.S. Dollar
Hong
Kong
Associated Pr
$2,080 world" was on its way to a bet the Japanese sida with zuil equip-forska Operation once 19 remarked tist hài took a norigün?
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ter at mott at the Japanese Mamundroppe owners should be warning such on and would do, everything in h
Not heeding my Nanking enorm strances she, unexpectedly have|ment. Thousands of chu
ng: decided to commit suicide; anatched the knite from the deskt Minmediataly, loft my seat ond ried to stop hor Bhe was hold
*the knife
prófs
intang amounts to 3,000% or what
what they | Power to stop the toy